Police Monitoring
In 2008 it was revealed through The Age that the Victoria Police had been spying on several activist and community groups in Melbourne, including StWC, with an officer of the controversial Security Intelligence Group, posing as an activist and infiltrating these groups. Mick Armstrong of StWC and Socialist Alternative said "On the one hand you've got police saying 'we will be open and co-operate with you' if you tell them what you are doing ahead of a rally... but then you learn they are still spying on you. It's completely unjustified." The revelation of the police action was widely condemned by activists and commentators.
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